The converging Radio, Telecoms and IT technologies are fast becoming globally adopted standards and specifications. Staying abreast of the legal framework in your target markets, and ahead of your competition, is critical for your success. Saving costs by working with experts located in the key business areas of America, Asia and Europe at the outset of your project also ensures compliance costs can be kept to a minimum.
As a manufacturer, retailer or importer of radio, telecommunications and IT equipment, Bureau Veritas Electrical is your ideal partner to help you become first to market with compliant products and a compliant organization. Our globally respected value added services ensures your consumer electronics are recognized as best in class, helping you achieve fast global market access.
Products Covered:
Mobile Devices – Cellular Phones, PDAs, PMRs
WLAN – WLAN access points, barcode scanners
SRD – baby monitors, key fobs, remote control cars
Network – base stations, servers, VOIP equipment, antennas, class 5 switches
Assess the conformity of your products - Needs for testing services
We benefit from multidisciplinary skills and a wide range of testing and measuring equipment covering:
Electromagnetic Compatibility
Radio Frequency
Environmental Simulation
Electrical Safety
Eco Design – RoHS / EuP
Developing first-class appliances
We analyze the market access requirements for your radio, telecommunications and IT equipment and prepare a complete specification file in order to verify and assess the quality and conformity of your products and the associated manufacturing controls. This can be against many legislative barriers to trade including CE marking (Safety, EMC, RF), FCC requirements for North America and Environmental legislation such as RoHS/WEEE Directives, Energy Using Products Directive, REACH regulations and much more.
Checking your product compliance to standards and regulations, in the shortest period of time
Our advice is always totally impartial and fully confidential. Our services are provided to take into account your particular time constraints.
Assistance in conformity assessment
Constructing specifications
identification of applicable standards and regulations
definition of your product's technical specifications
choosing the right components
preventing non-conformity risks, from the early stage of development or prototype
Conformity assessment and performance analysis
Verification of conformity and testing
construction analysis
part or complete testing
test reports
evaluation of performance
functional ability
endurance testing
comparative analysis, competition analysis
verification of reactions in environments (mechanical, climatic, EMC)
Obtaining conformity marks for all markets
Bureau Veritas Electrical is an accredited organisation in many countries worldwide allowing us to issue certificates and marks of conformity recognised throughout the world, as proof of the reliability of your consumer electronics products.
CE marking
FCC mark
CB Scheme
NF Mark
GS Mark
And many more
Compliance assistance, training and expertise
Services we offer
We can help you in the definition of regulatory requirements to help you access your chosen international markets.
Thanks to its international network (600 offices and laboratories throughout 140 countries), Bureau Veritas Electrical performs regulatory engineering services to identify applicable regulations for products entering local markets.
We evaluate using a cost based approach related to the certification of your product and inform you on whether your product has to bear specific certification marks or not.
Help in the definition of specifications
We have many years experience in the optimization and building of the test programmes
Failure and safety analysis
We perform expertise services on all electrical products presenting failures. We offer on-site diagnostics or analysis perform in our laboratories as to determine possible reasons for dysfunction that led to a damage. Reliability and safety of products and equipment are a core preoccupation for industrials.
Bureau Veritas Electrical can evaluate functional safety of your products or systems through the definition of a functional safety level of your products or systems based on an international regulation (IEC 61508).
Help for conformity assessment, pre-qualification
After having determined non-compliance points or failures, we intervene to solve dysfunctions through our engineering services.
Those expertise services are performed by engineers, and solutions we point out are decided on a bilateral level with our clients.
Training
We are here to satisfy your needs and can provide you with an expert who will train you and transfer some of his expertise through specific training programmes.
Comparing the performance of products
Bureau Veritas Electrical carries out comparative tests according to a specification file defined with the customer as well as helping you to control and improve your performance at each stage in the added-value chain
Assessment of partners and products
Pre-selection of products from samples
On-site audits of suppliers
Assessment of manufacturer competencies, reliability and control systems
Compliance with mandatory requirements, standards and specifications
Improvement of manufacturing techniques
Inspection of inputs, production and shipments
Traceability, documentation, packaging
Expert analysis and products (partial tests, construction analysis)
Location Bureau Veritas was established in 1828 and has in excess of 23,000 employees located in 140 countries. We have access to 5,000 employees in 40 countries worldwide within the Bureau Veritas Consumer Products Service group with electrical focussed office and laboratory locations in USA, France, Germany, UK, China, Hong Kong and Taiwan
Knowledge - Access to our dedicated information resource center tracking the electrical legislative developments and advising on its impact
Capability - Access to CB Scheme (access to 70 countries with one test) certification as well as access to our comprehensive accredited EMC, Safety and Environmental Test facilities in all three continents
Knowledge - Future legislation consultants who can advise on the impact of RoHS, REACH, EuP, China RoHS, etc… and other legislation as it develops
Price – With offices and facilities all over the world, we can offer incredibly competitive rates for our services
Bureau Veritas Electrical Services
Testing
EMC
Environmental
NEBS
Radio Frequency
RoHS / Analytical
Safety
Certification
CE marking for RTTE-, LVD and EMC Directives as well as TCB/NRTL services for North American access
CB scheme certification for access to 70+ countries
Consumer Electronics 
Non Electrical CPS